Volume CXXIII NOVEMBER, 2017

Our heartfelt congratulations to all 22 skaters who competed and represented our club so well at the 2018 South Atlantic Regional Qualifying and Non-Qualifying Championships and 2018 Eastern Great Lakes Regional Non-Qualifying Championships. Nine skaters captured 11 medals! Nine skaters also won 13 Special Achievement Awards (page 6.) In the South Atlantic qualifying competition, Georgia Bolocan, Jeslyn Choi, and Elvira Junnila (all Intermediate) and Katia Kochengina and Kaitlyn McGarigle (both Juvenile) qualified for final rounds. In the non-qualifying competition, Amelia Marsh (High Beginner) qualified for the final round and won silver, while Elisa Bode (Pre-Preliminary) and Cathy Sabella (Adult Pre-Bronze) landed silver medals. In the Eastern Great Lakes non-qualifying competition, Audrey Kate Johnson won silver at the Juvenile test track level. Results are listed on pages 5 - 6.

Gold Silver Bronze

Jeslyn Choi Elisa Bode (2) Georgia Bolocan

Amelia Marsh Audrey Kate Johnson Kaitlyn McGarigle

Elvira Junnila

Amelia Marsh

Cathy Sabella (2)

Join us at Club Ice on November 10 for an introduction to synchronized skating with international coaches/competitors Marie Bureau and Iina Valtonen, 5:00 - 7:00 pm at The Cooler. Breelie and Tyler will also perform an exhibition. Come cheer for our skaters at the Atlantic Station Tree Lighting Exhibition and Parade on Saturday, November 18, 6:00 - 7:00 pm and at Avalon on Sunday, November 19, 1:00 - 2:00 pm. Thanksgiving party/games at Club Ice on November 17. We’re going IJS! That’s right - all free skate events from Pre-Preliminary - Juvenile and Adult Pre-Bronze - Gold (excludes test track) will be judged under the IJS system at the 2018 Magnolia Open. Details coming!

Members Win Eleven Medals at the 2018 Regional Championships

Breelie Taylor and Tyler Vollmer

Novice Dance

Pacific Coast Sectional

Championships Seattle, WA

November 15 - 19

What are your favorite and least favorite elements?

Who is your favorite skater?

Tell us about your family.

Most memorable event of your skating career?

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My favorite element is double loop. My least favorite element is spins because they make me dizzy.

Tell us about your school and extracurricular activities.

I am a sophomore at Mount Vernon Presbyterian School. My favorite class is AP World. I also run track for MVPS and received awards for the schools fastest times in the 100 and 400 last year as a freshman. I volunteer through my church, Peachtree Presbyterian, and have led small group for 5/6th grade students and worked as a camp counselor at our middle school camp.

Favorite word: Silly

Least favorite word: Moist

What turns you off? People who smell bad

Favorite food: Sushi

Least favorite food: Tomatoes

Favorite TV Show: “Riverdale”

Favorite Movie: “Almost Famous”

Favorite Song: “Love on the Brain “by Rihanna

Favorite color: Yellow/gold

Sound I love: My skis cutting through fresh powder

Sound I dislike: My alarm clock in the morning

Pet Peeve: Bad drivers who don’t use blinkers

Favorite vacation: My family goes snow skiing out west every spring break for the past 5 years and it’s my favorite thing to do!

I would never want to be: President of the United States

Three words that best describe me: Silly, positive, genuine

SPOTLIGHT SKATER

Ashley Wagner. I love her attitude and presentation skills. I love how hard she works and her positive body image.

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What are your future skating and educational goals?

If I weren’t a skater, I would have been

My favorite things are

My dog, my car, and my skates .

A tennis player or a musician

My goals are to compete in final rounds at Regionals and complete my senior levels before I graduate from high school.

I’m not sure what I want to study in college, but I plan to attend college and will consider colleges with skating programs.

Favorite program

Whom do you admire most and why?

My Mom because she is always there for me and understands me well.

Olivia Barnes

Best advice ever received

“Don’t sweat the small stuff” - my coach, Chrissy Imperiale

My family is most like the TV show

My favorite program is my current program. I love my music, Pink Floyd’s “Shine on Crazy Diamond,” and that really motivates me and helps me get into the program.

I have a brother, Luke, who is in 8th grade. I have a mini golden doodle named Georgia who my whole family is obsessed with.

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When I was 7 going onto a warm up for a competition, I forgot to take off my blade guards and fell on the ice in front of everyone.

Tell us something about yourself or your family that no one knows.

“Modern Family” because my dad reminds me of Phil.

My dad gave me a record player for my birthday and I love listening to albums from the 70’s. Pink Floyd “Dark Side of the Moon” is my favorite.

If you were stranded on a deserted island, what three items would you absolutely have to have?

My iphone, my dog Georgia, and a boat

What famous person would you most like to meet?

Selena Gomez because her life seems very interesting, and she is very inspirational.

Who would you choose to play you in the movie of your life?

Jennifer Lawrence

Hallowskate Spooktacular October 27

A big thank you to Pamela Palmer for decorating, setting up the event, and providing all of the gifts and decorations. Thank you also to Jennifer Latham and Pam for the photos. Twenty-five skaters loved it!

Costume Contest Winners: Katelyn Fuhr (3rd); Katie Nix (2nd); Sam Standridge (1st)

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2018 South Atlantic Regional Championships - Qualifying Aston, PA

October 11 - 15

INTERMEDIATE LADIES

Championship Final

Jeslyn Choi

Georgia Bolocan

Elvira Junnila

Free Skate, FR

Jeslyn Choi

Georgia Bolocan

Elvira Junnila

Short Program, FR

Jeslyn Choi

Georgia Bolocan

Elvira Junnila

Free Skate, Grp. C QR

Georgia Bolocan

Free Skate, Grp. D QR

Jeslyn Choi

Elvira Junnila

Free Skate, Grp. E QR

Olivia Barnes

8th/28

15th/28

22nd/28

10th/28

14th/28

21st/28

7th/28

17th/28

21st/28

3rd/14

1st/17

2nd/17

14th/17

JUVENILE GIRLS

Free Skate, Championship

Katia Kochengina

Kaitlyn McGarigle

Free Skate, Grp. A QR

Adeline Wieler

Chloe Rutter

Olivia Kim

Free Skate, Grp. B QR

Kaitlyn McGarigle

Katia Kochengina

Triniti Fong

Melanie Schael

Free Skate, Grp. C QR

Anna Scott Wieler

Free Skate, Grp. D QR

Madison Long

22nd/28

23nd/28

10th/20

11th/20

13th/20

3rd/21

6th/21

8th/21

15th/21

7th/18

18th/21

2018 South Atlantic Regional Championships - Non-Qualifying

Aston, PA October 12 - 15

Adeline, Triniti, John, Anna Scott Georgia, Jeslyn, Elvira

Kaity (right)

Elvira and Jeslyn

PRE-JUVENILE GIRLS

Free Skate, Grp. C

Bailey Snead

Free Skate, Grp. D

Emma Grace James

PRELIMINARY GIRLS

Free Skate, Grp. A

Audrey Latham

Free Skate, Grp. C

Anna McPeak

Compulsory Moves

Elisa Bode

PRE-PRELIMINARY GIRLS

Elisa Bode

Free Skate, Semi FR, Grp. B

Free Skate, Grp. E

HIGH BEGINNER GIRLS

Free Skate, FR

Amelia Marsh

Free Skate, Grp. B

Amelia Marsh

Mia Calabrese

ADULT PRE-BRONZE LADIES

Cathy Sabella

Free Skate

Compulsory Moves

7th/10

8th/11

9th/9

10th/11

2nd/4

8th/8

2nd/11

2nd/6

1st/8

7th/8

2nd/2

2nd/2

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Adeline, Triniti, Anna Scott Coach Sherry, Georgia, Anna Scott, Adeline, Triniti, Coach Aren

2018 Eastern Great Lakes Regional

Championships - Non-Qualifying

Antioch, TN October 20 - 22

JUVENILE GIRLS

Free Skate, Test Track, Grp. A

Audrey Kate Johnson 2nd/8

2018 South Atlantic Regional Championships - Special Achievement Awards The Special Achievement Awards are pins presented to Juvenile, Intermediate, and Novice competitors to encourage performance-related markers in their programs. Awards are given for free skate events, initial and final rounds. Congratulations!

Georgia Bolocan Elvira Junnila Chloe Rutter

Jeslyn Choi Katia Kochengina Adeline Wieler

Triniti Fong Kaitlyn McGarigle Anna Scott Wieler

Most Points for Spins

Georgia Bolocan Jeslyn Choi

Adeline Wieler

Jeslyn Choi

At Least +2 GOEs By Any Judge, Any Element

At Least One Jump Element with Bonus

Most Points for Performance Component

Audrey Kate (left)

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Coach Anya, Elvira, Jeslyn, Coach Debbie Amelia Georgia (right)

Madison, Coach Pam, Bailey Anna, Amelia, Emma Grace Cathy, Coach Eric

Olivia, Coach Chrissy Melanie, Kaity, Katia, Olivia, Madison, Chloe

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

November, 2017

SEND YOUR PHOTOS!

To Jane Jud at Jjudalex@aol.com. We prefer group photos to recognize as many skaters as possible.. Please identify the skaters, too.

Congratulations to Lori Malthaner

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Jessica Harkness

Michelle Nguyen

Tami Mickle

Valerie Cartagena

Lisa ValeCruz

Emily Chiang

Pam Levitt

Leia Beinenson

Morgan Sliker

Atlee Breland

Abigail Doster

Nikki Edwards

Scott Williams

Arthur Shapiro

Kate Gorczyca

Riley May

Natalya Rozenberg

David Mickle

Regan Williams

Ai Tran

Betty McCord

Chloe Ryan

Madelyn Hanson

Melanie Traber

Heidi Calabrese

Frances Umezaki-Oba

Noelle Chatigny

Monica Long

Anna Scott Wieler

EmilyCornelison

Breelie Taylor

Jennifer Latham

Abigail May

Debbie Prachar

Erica Mutch

Marybeth Rathbun

Angie Wilkinson

Nancy Lee

Sarah Bolocan

Erika Ono

Hannah Carleton

Vlad Raschetnov

Elisa Bode

Kaitlyn McGarigle

Lilly Gorczyca

Avery Wilkinson

Emma Grace James

Emma Wang

Sarah Zhu

Shifu Liu

Susan Johnson

Varnika Kosaraju

AnneMarie Ahlin

Sudeen Kinnarkar

Paul Ahlin

Courtney Nichols

Lacey James

Natalya Shapiro

Katie Palmer

Vinaya Ramjee

Michael ValeCruz

Sherri Martin

Chloe Rutter

Lily Xie

Marie Bureau

Nile Ziegler

Ava Williams

Brook Ziegler

Fumiyo Umezaki-Oba

John Richardson

Kim Plaziak

Leon Qiao

Sonmi Son

Tara St John

Alexandra Traber

Natalia Beinenson

Caroline Crooks

Grace Bell

Marissa Li

Michelle Casey

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Claire Breland

Atlee Breland

Isabel Chen

Katina Jones

Marlowe McIntyre

Matt McIntyre

Andrew Yang

Xuan Kou

Shang Serena

Grayson Snow

Grace Rathbun

Preliminary Moves

Preliminary Moves

Swing Dance

Fiesta Tango

Singles/Pairs Regional

Competition Judge Appointment!

Get a head start on those service hours by volunteering now! Our 2nd VP in charge of Club Ice, Jennifer Latham, could use a helping hand signing in skaters and monitoring the ice each Friday at Club Ice from 5:45 to 6:45 pm. Please contact Jennifer at mikejenlatham@comcast.net. Our Test Chair, Tea Junnila, would also appreciate assistance at test sessions with preparing food/beverage for judges, making copies, and collecting and playing skaters’ music. Email Tea at teija.junnila@comcast.net.

THANK YOU!

Jason Chen

Leanna Jones

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Atlanta Figure Skating Club P.O. Box 185 Roswell, GA 30077

9 November, 2017

Intro to Synchronized Skating November 10 Atlanta FSC Pacific Coast Sectional Championships November 15 - 19 Seattle, WA Eastern Sectional Championships November 15 - 19 Boxborough, MA Atlantic Station, Avalon Tree Lighting November 18, 19 Exhibitions Thanksgiving Party November 17 Atlanta FSC Holiday Gift Exchange/Ugly December 8 Atlanta FSC Sweater Contest Test Session December 8 Atlanta FSC U.S. Championships December 29 - San Jose, CA January 7 Adult Competition Series December 30 USFS Registration Deadline